Now when you are ready to put it away you may close it down by releasing the adhered flaps and folding it. In your package you receive a Velcro dot that you may use (I chose not to use it on mine) to secure it.

Adhere your Velcro Dot to the Tab Closure and to the opposite side of the back of your Srap'n Easel.

First Step: I placed my 12"x12" piece of PP on my Scrap'n Easel and held it secure with the magnets.

Step Two: I placed the magnetic ruler at 11 1/2" from bottom up using the lines on the grid and ensuring that my magnetic ruler and my PP matched at the 1" and 12" marks.

Step Three: Since my second layer/paper was sized at 11"x11" I wanted to make sure that my paper was centered or squared. The ruler and the Grid helped me accomplish just that.

Here (above) you can see that my white paper sits right on the 1/2" and the 11 1/2" marks (sides and bottom) and that I am securing it using 4 of the Magnets.

Step Four: Now I want to place my photo mat and align it vertically. Using the magnetic Ruler I guided the Ruler using the Grid.

Here you can see that not only was I able to align it vertically, but at the 2" from top to bottom.

Step Five: For this step I want to place/line up a piece of "notebook" paper across. Once again, using the magnetic Ruler I was able to accomplish that.

Step Six: By holding everything in place with the Magnets I was able to design my layout up to the placement of my die cuts. I wanted to see which die was the best size for my layout. I was able to take and add pieces until I was satisfied with one or the right size.

Step Seven: Here the magnetic Ruler was used again to guide me in placing my title in a straight line.

Love that!

Step Eight: Now that I am satisfied with the placement I started permanently adhering all my pieces.

Last Step: After adhering everything and adding bits and pieces and some sewing, I am ready to use my Scrap'n Easel to take my pictures!

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Today I am sharing Weeks Eight and Nine... super excited to have made it this far!

For week eight, I used lots of journal cards from the Echo Park This & That Graceful collection including the finally arrived Clementine kit.

I continue to use the Kerri Bradford files for my week and numbers. Here 4 of the journal cards are from the Clementine kit and one (with flowers) is from the EP Graceful collection (love that collection!).
I used stamps by Ali Edwards, 7 Gypsies, Stampendous and dollar bin at my LSS.

On the right side I used 3 journal cards from the EP Graceful collection and hand cut filler card from Imaginisce's Scooter's vacation collection (love the camera strip).
I have two filler spots that I filled with files from the Silhouette online store.

I inserted my flower design/cut into the pocket and added/stitched the buttons on the center of each flower all the way through -- For week nine, the same design will show...

Here you can see a closer look at the "chicken wire" that peeks through week 9 (like that a lot).
For the corner/flower journal card I punched out lots of flowers (confetti) using an EK punch and sealed it by stitching on the top -- on the other side or week nine I created the same confetti pocket.

Week 9

For this week I created my own Happy Meal button/tin pin and did lots of explaining to the McDonald's cashier on how I am keeping this journal book and I really would love to have one of the mini fries container (one that will have no grease).... got it! and used it in on of my 3x4 pockets (just had to trim it a little on the right so that it would fit and ended up opening the right side so that I can insert my journal card). I added in the journal card how my niece loves the happy meal to get the toy! --must be chicken nuggets and ranch sauce!
The funnest or funniest? part about keeping a journal is that I now find myself wanting to take pictures of every occasion! Oh yes, I did tell my niece "wait! before you eat, go back outside so I can take a picture of you with your happy meal! LOL

Here you can see the opposite side of my flower die cut with the buttons sewn.

And here you can see the other side of the confetti pocket -- for this one I also punched hearts to mix with the flowers using a MS heart punch.

On top you can see through the "chicken wire" pictures of week 10... not done yet working on it. Must attend a conference for the rest of the week so no time to scrap 'till Saturday night.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope this inspires at least one of you to journal your life!